GeneExpression Systems, Inc & Appasani Research Conferences and Educational Institue (ARCEI.ORG)
Jontly Presents
Disease Therapeutics Symposia USA – 2014
Two Theme Meetings at One Location
Fourth International Neuron to Synapse & Optogenetics - 2014 Meeting
On 'Neuronal Function to Mapping & Disease Therapeutics’
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Inaugural Microbiome– 2014 Meeting
On ‘Gut Biology to Infection, Immune Tolerance & Disease Therapeutics’
Date: December 3-4, 2014
Venue: Courtyard Marriott, 777 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Expected Maximum Capacity of each Meeting |
Target Audience |
100 |
Total Speaker Presentations: |
30 |
Total Poster Presentations: |
10 |
Total Exhibit Booths: |
10 |
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
8:00 PM: Registration Open
9:00 AM - 6:30PM
Scientific Sessions
Thursday, December 4, 2014
8:00 A.M: Registration Open
9:00 AM - 6:00PM
Scientific Sessions
Scientific Organizer:
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Krishnarao Appasani, PhD, MBA
Founder & CEO
GeneExpression Systems, Inc
Waltham, MA USA
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Keynote Speakers:
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George Weinstock, PhD.
Professor & Associate Director for Microbial Genomics
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT, USA
Title: Studies of the medical microbiome |
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Georg K. Gerber, MD, PhD, MPH
Instructor & Associate Pathologist
Co-Director, Center for Clinical & Translational Metagenomics
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Title:The dynamic microbiome |
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Joan Fallon, PhD.
Chief Executive Officer
Curemark, Inc.
Rye, NY, USA
Title: The Role of Endogenous and Exogenous Amino Acids in the Epigenetics of Neurodegenerative Diseases |
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Kwanghun Chung, Ph.D.
Helmholtz Career Development Assistant Professor
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Title: CLARITY and beyond: tools for integrated brain mapping |
Other Speakers:
Neuron to Synapse & Optogenetics-2014 |
Microbiome-2014 |
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Oscar J. Abilez, MD, PhD.
Instructor in Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
Title: Optogenetic control of human cardiac cells and tissues |
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Susan E. Erdman, DVM, MPH
Director of Comparative Medicine
Massachusetts Institute of technology
Cambridge, MA, USA
Title:Microbiome and tumor environment. |
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Silvana Konermann
PhD Student in Dr. Feng Zhang’s Lab
The Broad Institute &
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA, USA
Title: Optogenetic LITE technology |
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Vijay Antharam, PhD.
Professor of Chemistry
Minnesota State University
Moorehead, MN, USA
Title: How Gut microbiota reduce cholesterol |
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Serge A. Picaud, PhD.
Principal Investigator
European Vision Institute
INSERM-UPMC Paris
Paris, France
Title: Translatability of optogenetic visual restoration to blind patients |
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Edi Prifti, PhD.
BigData Analyst and Investigator
MetaGenoPolis (INRA)
Jouy-en-Josas, France
Title: Alterations of gut microbiome in liver cirrhosis patients |
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Michelle M. Sidor, PhD.
Neuroscience Investigator II
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Title: Using a novel optogenetic approach to dissect the neural circuitry underlying bipolar-mania |
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Susan M. Huse, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Medicine
Brown University Alpert Medical School
Providence, RI, USA
Title: Multidimensional taxonomic variability of Pouchitis confounds statistics |
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Jin Hyung Lee, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
Title: Real-time optogenetic functional magnetic resonance imaging |
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Zhiheng Pei, MD, PhD.
Associate Professor of Pathology & Medicine
New York University Langone Medical center
New York, NY, USA
Title: Microbial link to esophageal adenocarcinoma |
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Matthew Pecot, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Title: Assessing the contribution of molecular diversity to neural circuit assembly |
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Sridhar Mani, MD.
Professor Medicine & Genetics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York, NY, USA
Title: Regulation of intestinal barrier function by bacterial metabolites |
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Jyoti Mishra, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Title: Reducing neural noise and cognitive distractibility through training |
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Laurence Zitvogel, MD, PhD.
Research Director of Immunotherapy
INSERM-InstitutGrustaveRoussy
Villejuif, France
Title: Gut microbiota-dependent antitumor efficacy of CTLA4 blockade |
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Mehmet Fatih Yanik, PhD.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Title: TBA |
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Jacques Izard, PhD.
Associate Professor
Forsyth Institute & Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Cambridge, MA, USA
Title: Preserving the metatranscriptome and metagenome of the human gut |
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Antonio Riccio, PhD.
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Title:TRPC channels: new targets for treatment of anxiety disorders |
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Aristóteles Góes-Neto, PhD.
Professor CiênciasBiológicas
UniversidadeEstadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS)
Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil
Title: Fungal diversity in lignocellulosic coarse woody debris from neotropical rainforests: a metagenomics approach |
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Brook Chernet, PhD.
Researcher in Biology
Tufts Center for Regenerative & Developmental Biology
Tufts University
Medford, MA, USA
Title:Microbiome:host interaction facilitates long-range bioelectric signaling that suppresses tumor formation in Xenopuslaevis embryos |
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Xinhua Chen, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA
Title: Toxin-induced VEGFA production contributes substantially to the pathogenesis of Clostridium difficile infection |
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Huiying Li, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Title: The human skin microbiome in acne at the strain level |
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Caitline Brennan, PhD.
Post Doctoral Scientist
Immunology & Infectious Diseases
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, MA, USA
Title: Fusobacteria in colorectal cancer |
* Presenting Speaker names, title and times are subject to change.
Host organization, organizer, or scientific committee does not take any kind of responsibility.
Key Topics: |
Neuron to Synapse & Optogenetics-2014 |
Microbiome-2014 |
- Targeting optogenetic tools in vivo and in vitro
- Neural plasticity, Connectomics, Cognition & Behavior
- Optogenetics applications in Stem Cell/Cardiac & Disease Biology
- Biochemistry of light-mediated Opsin proteins & Gated channels
- Light sources, delivery& Spatiotemporal Targeting
- Mapping cellular memory engrams & Imaging of neuronal circuits and networks
- Crystallography, Microscopy & Spectroscopy of optogenetic molecules
- Photochemical/optoelectric/optofluidic activation
Probing Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric disorders
- Therapeutic Development for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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- Biology of Host-Microbe Interactions
- The Gut Microbiome, Microbiota& Transplantation
- Interplay of Microbiome with Diet, Nutrition & Environment
- Microbial Genomics to Metagenomics
- Sequencing & Bioinformatics of Microbiome
- Microbiome role in Cancer, IBD & Metabolic diseases
- Microbiome role in Immunity & Autoimmunity
- Microbiome and its Regulatory Networks in Disease Biology
- Probiotics, Antibiotics and Next Generation Therapeutics
- Human Microbiome Project & International Efforts
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Exhibitors are welcome to reserve their booth space early!
Please contact if you are interested in speaking in the scientific or Technology workshops of this meeting.
GeneExpression Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 540170
Waltham, MA 02454 USA
Tel: (781) 891-8181
Fax: (781)730-0700 or (781) 891-8234
E-mail: Genexpsys@expressgenes.com
www.expressgenes.com
Note: Speakers Names, Titles and venue subjected to change beyond our control for which the company is not responsible.
Oral Presentation Submission by October 10, 2014
Poster Abstract Submission by November 25, 2014
Email your abstract (100-200 words in word format) to: genexpsys@expressgenes.com
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